National Security under the Obama Administration [electronic resource] /
Rajaee, B.editor.
There is more continuity than discontinuity in US national security policy under President Obama, despite widespread expectations for change and misperceptions of fundamental changes having been wrought. This project brings together US and non-US experts to assess continuities and changes in US national security policy in the Obama era.
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Cover; National Security under the Obama Administration; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; The Enduring Legacy of 9/11: Afghanistan, Iraq, and the War on Terror; Volume Structure; Bibliography; PART I: U.S. National Security Institutions and Processes; CHAPTER 1: U.S. National Security Strategy from Bush to Obama: Continuity and Change; The Economic and Military Context of U.S. National Security Strategy; Initial Challenges Facing Bush and Obama; The Presidents' Formulations of Their National Security Strategies; Implementation of National Security Strategy
ConclusionBibliography; CHAPTER 2: The Somalia Syndrome and U.S. National Security: From Bush to Obama; The Emergence of the Somalia Syndrome; The Persistence of the Somalia Syndrome after 9/11; The Obama Administration, National Security, and the Somalia Syndrome; Conclusion; Bibliography; CHAPTER 3: American Defense Policy after the Cold War: A Rational Construction or a Consequence of an Extensive Lobby?; Systemic Variables as a Source of Explaining a State's Defense Policy; The Influence of Lobbies on Public Policy: The Logic of Collective Action; The Interests of Decision Makers
The Pressure Strategies of LobbiesThe Case of the V-22 Osprey: How the Defense Lobby Influenced the Continuation of an Unwanted Weapon System; Conclusion; Bibliography; CHAPTER 4: Obama's Intelligence Policy: Meeting New Challenges; Politicization of Intelligence; Trade-offs Between National Security and Civil Liberties; The U.S. Intelligence Community and the Private Sector; Interagency Cooperation: The "Connect-the-Dots" Challenge; Oversight and Accountability; Conclusion: What Has Changed?; Notes; Bibliography; PART II: World Regions
CHAPTER 5: Grand Bargain or Grand Strategy: The Obama Administration and U.S. Policy toward RussiaU.S. Grand Strategy: Continuity and Change; Europe in U.S. Grand Strategy; Reset: The Context and Content; The U.S.-Russian "Reset" and Wider Eurasia; The Sanctions Debate: A Gambit Revived; Conclusion; Bibliography; CHAPTER 6: PLA Military Modernization and Sino-Russian Military Cooperation; The Submarine: A Crucial Development for the PLA; Chinese Theater-Based "Antiaccess" Weapons; Taiwan's Key Arms-Purchase Projects: Submarines
The Effects of Russian Assistance to Chinese Submarine Development on the Taiwan Strait SituationConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; CHAPTER 7: U.S. Foreign Policy toward Bangladesh: Implications of the Rise of Islamist Terrorism; The Context of Islamist Extremism in Bangladesh; Connections with Middle Eastern Extremists; Socioeconomic and Political Grievances; The Failure of Democratic Institutions and Rampant Corruption; Poor Rule of Law; Failures in the Educational System; South Asian States as "Countries of Convenience" for International Terrorists; Conclusion; Bibliography
CHAPTER 8: Continuity or Change in U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa: A South African Perspective
Includes bibliographical references and index.
There is more continuity than discontinuity in US national security policy under President Obama, despite widespread expectations for change and misperceptions of fundamental changes having been wrought. This project brings together US and non-US experts to assess continuities and changes in US national security policy in the Obama era.
Political science.
Politics and war.
European Politics.
Political Science.
US Politics.
Military and Defence Studies.